Fairlight-CMI

Hi there : 

In fact by conincidence I do already use a VM3100pro :) 

I have 8 chanenel t-dif digital comming to and from the DAW into the 
r-buss interface, which leaves me 12 analogue channels for everything 
else, so im still 4 channels short, even with no other instruments 
patched in.

I do have 9.34, so I could use the router in my system, if one were 
available, or I cound monitor from the Mix output, and the render 
anything up to groups of 12 voices via the vm3100pro, but then would 
have to mix afterwards inside the DAW : but i guess it may well be 
the way to go.

I guess what i am thinking is the following :

If i have a set of chords which I want to play from the fairlight, 
with a max polyphony of 6 notes, I only want background noise from 6 
output cards, not the remaining 10 as well. 

So I go into setup and allocate my voices to channels 1-6, plug in 
only the active channels into the vm3100, and record the part into my 
DAW. 

Im sure this would work, but I was wondering if anyone had any better 
solutions ?

For example : if there was some way to turn off non- playing voice 
cards, I could use the stereo mixer card, as I wouldnt get the noise 
from all the unused channels. 

Again : Im just thinking out loud really about the best way of doing 
it, and was wondering if you guys already have nailed this down.

But thanks for the heads up Klaus !